---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- NORTH SMITHFIELD - HISTORIC RESIDENCE TAX CREDIT (Allows North Smithfield historic residence owners to become eligible for state historic residence tax credits.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- NORTH SMITHFIELD - HISTORIC RESIDENCE TAX CREDIT (Allows North Smithfield historic residence owners to become eligible for state historic residence tax credits.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 363"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 363 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Historical Sites", "Housing", "North Smithfield", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Murray", "Paolino", "de la Cruz"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-25"
last_action: "2021-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/414f7a51-e40f-4778-b6e7-d5af48c75e75"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "11d1de224e2882dece6e1fa5e12f5e29db652b5fe68923fe0351e13034697923"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
---

# Rhode Island SB 363 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- NORTH SMITHFIELD - HISTORIC RESIDENCE TAX CREDIT (Allows North Smithfield historic residence owners to become eligible for state historic residence tax credits.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **363** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0363.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–1** (pass) · upper
- HISTORIC RESIDENCE TAX CREDIT — **36–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Murray — primary (person)
- Paolino — primary (person)
- de la Cruz — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-02-25** 02/25/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-26** 02/26/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/04/2021)
- **2021-03-04** 03/04/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-03-05** 03/05/2021 Scheduled for consideration (03/11/2021)
- **2021-03-11** 03/11/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11** 03/11/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/16/2021)
- **2021-03-16** 03/16/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-03-18** 03/18/2021 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** 04/02/2021 Scheduled for consideration (04/07/2021)
- **2021-04-07** 04/07/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** 04/09/2021 Placed on House Calendar (04/15/2021)
- **2021-04-15** 04/15/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-04-15** 04/15/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-23** 04/23/2021 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/414f7a51-e40f-4778-b6e7-d5af48c75e75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).